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Potatoes came from Peru, US study finds
Reuters - Science ^
| 2005-10-03
| Maggie Fox
Posted on 10/04/2005 7:45:50 AM PDT by Junior
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To: Semper Paratus
How to I get in on some of these "Government Study" jobs? http://www.governmentfederalgrants.com/
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posted on
10/04/2005 9:49:55 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(In life, you don't get what you deserve. You get what you settle for...........)
To: Semper Paratus
Sounds like a slam from a swabbie! we called 'em SQUIDS...........
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posted on
10/04/2005 9:52:35 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(In life, you don't get what you deserve. You get what you settle for...........)
To: Buck W.
I KNEW IT! They all LAUGHED at me at the university, but who's laughing now? Huh?
All my life it has been a given that the potato originated in South America and nowhere else.
Have there been other possibilities ever proposed? If there are, I was unaware of them.
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posted on
10/04/2005 9:55:15 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Liberal level playing field: If the Islamics win we are their slaves..if we win they are our equals.)
To: Red Badger; Junior
My (very wealthy) favorite uncle served in BOTH Navy and Coast Guard..............Retired from CG........He must have written off his navy enlistment as a youthful folly. (:>)
To: Semper Paratus
No, he served in Vietnam (did you know John Kerry was there?) aboard the
Ranger and some patrol boats and didn't re-enlist, but changed services instead.........
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posted on
10/04/2005 10:01:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(In life, you don't get what you deserve. You get what you settle for...........)
To: Semper Paratus
Or the sight of real boats made him nervous... ;^)>
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posted on
10/04/2005 10:07:13 AM PDT
by
Junior
(From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
To: Red Badger
No, he served in Vietnam (did you know John Kerry was there?) aboard the RangerDid he avoid getting hit by rice shrapnel? I heard others weren't so lucky.
To: Semper Paratus
No, he hid behind Kerry's ego............
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posted on
10/04/2005 10:16:02 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(In life, you don't get what you deserve. You get what you settle for...........)
To: Red Badger
"Arsh Potaters"........ I don't get it. I grew up out west. Well, west of I 495 and Sturbridge, MA.
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posted on
10/04/2005 10:23:50 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Wanna be on my CE ping list? Say the word!)
To: Junior
"Fossil potatoes dating back 7,000 years have been found."
But now for the BIG question. What was the date of the first potatoe chip??
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posted on
10/04/2005 10:27:22 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Arsh = a Mississippi backwoods mispronunciation of Irish
The only potatoes we grew or had were the red "Irish " or "New" potatoes. I'd never even seen any other kind............Hell, I'd never even eaten or seen broccoli or cauliflower until I joined the Marine Corps.........
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posted on
10/04/2005 10:29:59 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(In life, you don't get what you deserve. You get what you settle for...........)
To: ZULU
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posted on
10/04/2005 10:36:06 AM PDT
by
Junior
(From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
To: Publius6961
I think that was meant as a joke.
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posted on
10/04/2005 10:38:30 AM PDT
by
Mr. Quarterpanel
(I am not an actor, but I play one on TV)
To: Junior
WOW.
Good man, neat story.
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posted on
10/04/2005 10:40:08 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/04/2005 10:43:43 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Wanna be on my CE ping list? Say the word!)
To: Junior
Didn't we know this already? I think I recall learning this many years ago in gradeschool. We'll probably be growing potatoes on Mars; if you think about it, potatoes might do very well.
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posted on
10/04/2005 10:43:59 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: Publius6961; Red Badger
My response was satirical...
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posted on
10/04/2005 11:11:18 AM PDT
by
Buck W.
(Yesterday's Intelligentsia are today's Irrelevantsia.)
To: Junior
As a Gem-stater who was raised on a potato farm, I can say with certainty:
There were no "real" potatoes until farmers in the Upper Snake River Valley of Idaho began growing Russet spuds hybridized by Luther Burbank. Anything before that was inedible pig forage. They're still the only "real" potatoes. Even Burbank Russets grown anywhere else are wet squishy look-alikes. It's the volcanic micronutrients in the Idaho soil that give Idaho Russets their unique and wonderful character.
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posted on
10/07/2005 8:14:17 AM PDT
by
Bernard Marx
(Don't make the mistake of interpreting my Civility as Servility)
Already had a topic about this in GGG, just adding this slightly older one to the catalog, without pinging everyone.
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posted on
04/26/2006 8:36:40 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Junior
The best botanists that the world ever produced lived on the west coast of South America before Columbus arrived. IMHO
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